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Video: Strong winds send Volgograd drivers asphalt surfing!
Trending Hot! ^ | 5-22-10 | James

Posted on 05/22/2010 5:09:42 AM PDT by iloveamerica1980

Motorists using a bridge in the southern Russian city of Volgograd were given the ride of a lifetime by a powerful gust of wind. The new river crossing started shaking violently and a massive downpour at the same time made conditions worse. Drivers say their cars were literally thrown into the air, many thinking it was an unexpected earthquake. The shaking was so severe it caused vehicles to career into the opposite lane creating chaos....


TOPICS: Outdoors
KEYWORDS: outdoors

1 posted on 05/22/2010 5:09:42 AM PDT by iloveamerica1980
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To: iloveamerica1980

Hmmmmmmm .... unexpected earthquake


2 posted on 05/22/2010 5:11:09 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: iloveamerica1980

I’d strongly recommend that they remove the fences on the sides of that bridge as soon as possible.


3 posted on 05/22/2010 5:16:46 AM PDT by BobL
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To: iloveamerica1980
Already discussed here: Russian Bridge Went Crazy!

It's a fake. It's impossible for concrete to expand and compress like this:


4 posted on 05/22/2010 5:18:35 AM PDT by raybbr (Someone who invades another country is NOT an immigrant - illegal or otherwise.)
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To: iloveamerica1980
"it caused vehicles to career "?

Maybe end their career on the road.

5 posted on 05/22/2010 5:19:32 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: raybbr

“It’s a fake. It’s impossible for concrete to expand and compress like this:”

DAMMIT. I got taken too. Look at the trees - they don’t move. Look at the water...perfectly calm. OUCH!!


6 posted on 05/22/2010 5:28:48 AM PDT by BobL
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To: raybbr

It isn’t fake. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mclp9QmCGs

Without modification the bridge will eventually collapse.


7 posted on 05/22/2010 5:40:10 AM PDT by Shanty Shaker
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To: Paladin2
"it caused vehicles to career "?

Maybe end their career on the road.

"Career" is an obsolescent term—generally replaced today by "careen".

8 posted on 05/22/2010 5:41:08 AM PDT by Does so (ObamaCare...I pay for medical-marijuana claims by millions of Americans? 'Guess I do now.)
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To: Shanty Shaker

Look at the photo. The sides of the bridge are compressing and expanding. If it were real that concrete would have come apart in seconds. It ain’t real.


9 posted on 05/22/2010 5:43:40 AM PDT by raybbr (Someone who invades another country is NOT an immigrant - illegal or otherwise.)
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